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Comparative Procedural Law and Justice Final Conference in Luxembourg (11–12 July 2024)

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On 11 and 12 July 2024 , the Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) Final Conference will take place at the University of Luxembourg. The project was designed to provide a comprehensive analysis of comparative civil procedural law and contemporary civil dispute resolution mechanisms.

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Overview of the 2023 Amendments to Chinese Civil Procedure Law

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Background China’s Civil Procedure Law was enacted in April 1991 by the Fourth Session of the Seventh National People’s Congress. However, no substantial revisions were made to the provisions concerning foreign-related civil litigation. Since then, it had undergone four revisions in 2007, 2012, 2017, and 2021. Jurisdiction 2.1

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

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When Suri responded no, she suggested that Congress could have simply drafted the law to refer to the applicant instead, and she noted that Congress had done exactly that for a different provision, involving judicial review for decisions requiring the withdrawal of tobacco products from the market.

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The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: PIL and Litigation Aspects

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Article 29(7) CSDDD states that ‘Member States shall ensure that the provisions of national law transposing’ Article 29 CSDDD ‘are of overriding mandatory application in cases where the law applicable to claims to that effect is not the national law of a Member State’. This disclosure must adhere to national procedural laws.

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China’s Draft Law on Foreign State Immunity—Part II

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Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. In December 2022, Chinese lawmakers published a draft law on foreign state immunity , an English translation of which is now available. These provisions generally follow the U.N. Convention.

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Chinese Judicial Practice on Asymmetric Choice of Court Agreements in International Civil & Commercial Disputes

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This article gives a glimpse of how Chinese courts handle asymmetric choice of court agreements in international and commercial civil litigations. [4] Choice of Law Most Chinese courts tend to apply lex fori on the effectiveness of asymmetric choice of court agreements. 5] In Hang Seng Bank Ltd. 15] In Sun Jichuan v.

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Shell litigation in the Dutch courts – milestones for private international law and the fight against climate change

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As was briefly announced earlier on this blog , on 29 January 2021, the Dutch Court of Appeal in The Hague gave a ruling in a long-standing litigation launched by four Nigerian farmers and the Dutch Milieudefensie. Climate change and related human rights litigation is undoubtedly of increasing importance in private international law.